Tag: ESL

Make LearnIT2teach a part of your P.L.N.

A P.L.N. or a personal learning network is an informal network of resources and people that a learner interacts with in a sharing fashion where knowledge is transferred. In a PLN, a person makes a connection with another person or resource with the specific intent that some type of learning will occur because of that …

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Going to TESL Ontario? Take a look at our sessions.

TESL Ontario

November 8-10, 2012 “TESL Ontario at 40: Thriving, Excelling, Sharing, Leading” http://www.teslontario.net/conference November 8 Thursday What’s New In LearnIT2teach: Project Update (TQA) 1:00PM-1:40PM An Introduction to Course Editing in Moodle (TSH)  3:00PM-4:40PM November 9  Friday LearnIT2teach Stage One (FAF) 9:00AM-10:40AM Create A Webquest For Your OSLT/ ELT Class (FCG) 11:00AM-12:40PM LearnIT2teach Stage Two Introduction (FQA) …

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Joining Tutela.ca

Tutela.ca is a pan-Canadian online resource and community for ESL/FSL professionals, currently under development, supported by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks.  In order to take advantage of this repository, you must join Tutela. 1. Surf to Tutela.ca 2. Click the Sign Up button 3. Complete the User Account form 4. A confirmation email will …

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Need quick help? Try our FAQ page.

Other LINC/ESL instructors have asked us questions about their LINC courseware  development and the project itself.  We have posted the most common questions on our FAQ (frequently asked questions) page. Give it a try, it is under the SUPPORT link above.

A message for LINC service providers

Dear Ontario settlement language training service provider, In response to the federal (CIC) call for proposals for the coming years, the team at LearnIT2teach strongly encourages every Ontario service provider organization to request resources to support information technology integration in LINC, OSLT or ELT programs. Please seriously consider requesting funding for: paid release time for …

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NanoGong is now available for LearnIT2teach.ca courses!

What is NanoGong? NanoGong is an applet that a course participant can use to record, playback and save their voice. When the recording is played back the user can speed up or slow down the sound without changing it. How can I try it? 1. NanoGong is available in all discussion forums at LearnIt2teach.ca/moodle. It …

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ESL LINC Digital News – August Edition

The latest enews has been sent out. If you are not on the mailing list, you can find a copy here.

Part 3 of a three part interview with Dr. Hubbard

Listen to Dr. Hubbard talk about the potential dangerous path if you become known as the techie teacher, and how he feels they should be rewarded for that path. He also discusses what teacher’s need to know ‘ in order to fix issues themselves. He talks about the evolution of CALL and Mobile technology and …

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Working through Stage 3? Watch this video….

This video provides an overview of Stage 3 of the LearnIT2teach teacher training available at http://learnIT2teach.ca/moodle/. This course prepares language instructors to use the LINC courseware at edlinc.ca from the perspective of a Moodle editing teacher. New Media Language Training, Inc. offers this training through funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Part 2 of a three part interview with Dr. Hubbard

Technology skills for teachers are becoming more and more in demand. Building your tech skills enhances your marketability. Teachers learn best from each other. Teachers collaborating to learn new skills is a real plus. Hiring a teacher with tech skills can improve a program as she can be a model for others. A program might …

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